Tuesday, January 22, 2008

digital journalism - spring 2008

this semester, i am teaching two classes, both held on tuesday and thursdays. the first class meets in the morning and is called digital journalism. here's the syllabus (and here it is as a word document).

Course Description:Journalism and the ways news and stories are made, distributed, received, and altered are changing rapidly and profoundly. Digital Journalism encourages students to trace, track, understand, and learn how to participate in these changes, especially those changes related to the web and other forms of digital media.

Learning Goals:Students enrolled in Digital Journalism will:1. Learn about the current and dramatic transformation that is happening in traditional journalism as well as other media-related industries;2. Learn about web-based tools and technologies for gathering and assessing news and stories (like blogs, crowdsourcing, del.icio.us, digg, RSS, and wikis);3. Learn about web-based tools and technologies for creating and distributing news and stories (like audio slideshows, blogs, flickr, online maps, podcasts, and digital video); and, most importantly,4. Learn how to learn new tools quickly and independently.

Course Texts:o Mark Briggs, Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive: A digital literacy guide for the information age. (Free! www.j-lab.org/Journalism_20.pdf)o Dan Gillmor, portions of We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People. (Free! www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book)o Mark Glaser and Jennifer Woodard Maderazo, portions of MediaShift blog (Free! www.pbs.org/mediashift/)o A one-year Flickr pro account subscription, $24.95o You are required to make, purchase, or barter for a bound, paper-based journal.

Rules:Regular class attendance is expected and required. If you miss class for any reason, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed. This means first contacting fellow students and then, if they can't answer your questions, contacting me. Excessive absences will factor significantly into the class participation portion of your grade.

No late work accepted without a written doctor's letter.

If at any time during the first thirteen weeks of the semester you are concerned about your grade, make an appointment to see me.

You are encouraged to be as creative and collaborate as you can be.

Schedule:Week 1:Tuesday, January 22: Introductions: Who are we? What is this?Due in class: Ourselves

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i am an associate professor of environmental studies and urban ag at the university of san francisco. i live in oakland with sarah and our daughter siena. contact me via the email address listed on this page.